07: Digital vs. real worlds – limitations of computer models?
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in deutscher SpracheToday, digital models are key tools in research and development. Models sometimes generate a separate virtual reality, and represent the real world in a simplified way for particular purposes. This is practiced in the geo- and bio-sciences, and reaches across scales, themes and paradigms all the way to quantum physics.
Models support research into complex structures, relations and processes, but are reaching limitations as well.
Can we seamlessly bridge these virtual and real worlds, or will we end up with parallel, second worlds?
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M.Sc. Filippo DAL FIORE
Co-Head, Partners Relations and Technology Transfer, Senseable City Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
| 2001 | 5-year Degree in Communication Sciences, University of Padua |
| 2002 | Graduate laboratory in "Technologies in Distributed Intelligence Systems", Department of Business Administration, Venice International University |
| since 2004 | Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Senseable City Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA |
| Department of Spatial Economics, Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| 2004-2007 | School of Sociology, Interdisciplinary unit on Quality of Life in the Information Society, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy |
| 2002-2004 | School of Education, Interfaculty unit on Life-long and E-Learning, University of Venice Ca' Foscari, Italy |
| 2006 | Project: Mobile media for urban tourism - Spun-off company created from M.I.T. Senseable City Lab: Untravel Media |
| 2007-2009 | Interdisciplinary unit on Geographic Information Systems - GIS, Austrian Academy of Science |
| 2009 | Project: Cell phone data analysis for city management - Spun-off research foundation created from M.I.T. Senseable City Lab: Currentcity |
| since 2009 | Co-Founder and Managing Director, Currentcity Research Foundation "Stichting Currentcity" |
| Co-Head of Partners Relations and Technology Transfer, Senseable City Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA | |
| Ongoing project: Building the Senseable Cities research consortium at M.I.T. - Agreements signed with General Electric, ENEL Energy, Province of Florence, and others public and private organizations | |
| 2010 | Ph.D. in Economics, Department of Spatial Economics, Free University of Amsterdam |
| Topics of research: ICT for city and urban management; smart cities; implications of information technologies on human behaviour; mobile technologies and travel behaviour; networked innovation and communities of practice; e-learning; new paradigms for inter-disciplinary research; complexity in the social sciences. |
Dr. Sara Irina FABRIKANT
Außerordentliche Professorin und Leiterin, Abteilung für Geographische Informationsvisualisierung und Analyse (GIVA), Geographisches Institut, Universität Zürich
| 1988-1996 | MS Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1993 | Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand |
| 1996-1999 | Ph.D. Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA |
| 1999-2000 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Higher Education Industry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA |
| 2000-2005 | Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
| since 2005 | Associate Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2008 | Adjunct Faculty, San Diego State University, USA |
Mag. Dr. Gabriele KOTSIS
Vice Rector for Research, Johannes Kepler University Linz
| 1991 | Sponsion und 1995 Promotion, Universität Wien |
| 2000 | Habilitation im Fach Informatik, Universität Wien |
| 1991-2001 | Universitätsassistentin, Institut für Angewandte Informatik und Informationssysteme, Universität Wien |
| 2001-2002 | Gastprofessuren an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien und der Copenhagen Business School |
| seit 2002 | Professorin für Informatik und Leiterin des Instituts für Telekooperation, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz |
| seit 2007 | Vizerektorin für Forschung, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz |
| seit 2001 | Vorsitzende des Forum Forschung und Erschließung der Künste der uniko |
Dr. phil. Manfred SIPPL
Head, C.A.M.E. - Center of Applied Molecular Engineering, Division of Bioinformatics, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg
| 1972-1974 | Salzburger Sparkasse |
| 1974-1980 | Studium Biochemie und Mathematik, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg |
| 1980-1990 | Universitätsassistent, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg |
| 1984-1985 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, USA |
| 1990 | Habilitation Biophysikalische Chemie |
| 1990-1997 | Universitätsdozent, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg |
| 1997-2005 | a.o. Universitätsprofessor, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg |
| seit 2005 | Universitätsprofessor für Bioinformatik, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg |
Mag. Dr. Manfred TSCHELIGI
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg; Head of Center for Technology Experience, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna
| 1995 | Habilitation for Applied Computer Science (Venia Docendi), Faculty of Social and Economic Science, University of Vienna |
| 1986-2002 | Research Associate; Lecturer; Associate Professor; Head of Working Group on Human-Computer Interaction; Institute for Computer Science and Business Informatics, University of Vienna |
| 1995-1996 | Professor (C4), Business Informatics, University of Magdeburg |
| since 1986 | Founder and Director, CURE - Center for Usability Research & Engineering |
| since 2001 | Founder and Managing Partner, USECON - The Usability Consultants GmbH, Vienna |
| since 2004 | Univ.-Prof., Human-Computer Interaction & Usability, University of Salzburg |
| 2009-2016 | Director, Christian Doppler Labor for Contextual Interfaces, University of Salzburg |
| 2011-2014 | Academic Director ICT&S - Center for Advanced Studies in Information and Communication Technologies & Society, University of Salzburg |
| 2012-2015 | Co-Head, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Salzburg |
| 2013-2016 | Head, Business Unit Technology Experience, Innovation Systems Department, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna |
| since 2015 | Director, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg |
| since 2017 | Head, Center for Technology Experience, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna |
Dr. Josef STROBL
Director, Institute for Geographic Information Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Salzburg
| 1984 | Ph.D., Universität Wien |
| 1993 | Habilitation in Geographie, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg |
| 1999-2002 | Vorstand, Institut für Geographie und Geoinformatik, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg |
| 2002-2005 | Leiter, Forschungsstudio iSPACE (Research Studios Austria), Salzburg |
| 2002 | a.o. Professor und Honorarprofessor, amerikanische und asiatische Universitäten |
| seit 2006 | Direktor, Institut für Geographic Information Science, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
| seit 2009 | Chair of Board, UNIGIS International Association |
